New roommate has a 7 year old miniature long hair dachshund. She's great, minus this shitting in the house problem. You can take her outside (we don't have a fenced yard) for half an hour at a time, and she'll still shit in the house.

It's almost as if it's a way of her getting back at us, or wanting attention. She has to be near, or on somebody at all times. Roommate gets up around 630-7, takes her out, then gets ready and leaves for work. I'm usually up around 8. I wake up to her having shit on the floor. Other roommate has taken her out for 20+ mins and she shit on the floor not 5 mins after being back inside. She'll do it to spite us, if we leave to go eat dinner and are gone no more than an hour.

I've asked the owner if he can get her a kennel to put her in while we're gone if she's going to keep shitting in the house, and he said she shits in it too. Sometimes it's not even a shit like she just had to go and couldn't wait, it's just a mini shit just to do it. It's really starting to piss me off, and I want it corrected before it causes problems in the house. What can I do to correct this behavior?

Other roommate had one growing up, she was 15 and they just had to put her down two weeks ago.

I know how stubborn dachshunds can be, my dog at my mom's is a lab dachshund mix and he was a hell of a time getting trained. I just didn't know if there was anything else I could do to fix her behavior.

Take it out on a leash and take it to the same spot every time. Wait until it poops. If it doesn't. Take it straight to the kennel. Size appropriate hopefully. Then try again in an hour. Do this daily. Until it starts pooping outside.

Edit. From the kennel to outside on a leash to the designated poop spot. Make sure you do this and don't let it out of the kennel without going to the poop spot.

If it shits in the crate, the crate is too big. It should be just big enough for the dog to fit. Dogs will shit in a crate if they can go to the other side to get away from it. If they have to step in or around it, they won't do it.

If it shits in the crate, the crate is too big. It should be just big enough for the dog to fit. Dogs will shit in a crate if they can go to the other side to get away from it. If they have to step in or around it, they won't do it.

This. This is what I was trying to say before. The dog may need to stay in there even when you're home. Take it out to poop. If it doesn't, put it back in the kennel. Do this until it poops outside. Keep doing this. I know its not your dog, but you have to live with its mess if the owner isn't willing to help it.